The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-09
greatly surprised As they might have been
over the discovery subsequently made.
THE sfERfFf's : STATEMENT

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Sberiff Mafsen was seen on the ~sii,i 4
during the afternoon He was very reti,eni
at iirst but after consideration made =, IN
breast Of the whole affair. We had nss r.ss-
SON.. he said 10 make the search at this
particular time. That is. we receivedn no in
timatiou that anything was wrong 1t was
merely precautionary measure decided ON
SOME time ago by Jailer Fol-e and myself
We selected sunday a. a quaiet day when
the examination would make less disturbance
than Il 1t were made in week day For
some time there was 80 much of this amnes-
Interfere with the good citizens who were iu-
terested in the condemned men, or place any
Z obstacle in their way But we felt rs though
1 the time hssl come TO take extra precautions
and So decided 10 clean the cells out. Of
course. in view of the developments of the
search. the most stringent precautionary
measures will now be taken. THE prisoners
will not be allowed to exercise as much as
| f,Drmerly and the number of visitors Will be
restricted. No one will oe allowed to visit
interviews arr granted it will be only TO near
relatives and in the presence OF Jail oiiiciul
| won't say that every visitor will be search
ed, but there viii be no opportunity for any
exchange Of anything whatever between The
| prisoners and outsiders, As for Lingg. |
dpn't know that he will be allowed To see
any one. but have not yet fully decided on
| lhaI point. Henceforh no basket of viciuals
! or fruit viii be allowed 10 be sent from any
of the prisoners friends To them and no let
ters or dispatches will be received or sent un-
iii they are examined by a jaR official.
THE GOVERNOR AsroVyDEp.
SPRINGFIELD ILL., Nov, 6.--lioy Oglcsby
was thunderstruck when he received the
Linggs cell. He read and reread the dis
patch and cloud of gloom, vexation aud
anxiety swept over his face as the full inn
port of the Information dawned on him 81
can say nothing. said he TO the Associated
Press reporter. must say nothing what
ever in regard 10 this matter. There is moth
ing can properly say, and any opinion
might express, even if ii were proper for me
to express an opinion, would only be mis-
understood
" am surprised at your information,
said Attorney General Hunt. when the news
was communicated To him Not only am
surprised, but | am heartily sorry Il puts
:. uliercni phase on the matter So tar a. O. ie
,,- .i, ,,f "a ,,r,io,, of ,ba ,,t,t;.. =, c,,,.,-,,
cd aud at least shows that I.ingg Is as bad as
he has been painted. 1t is mystery to me
how the bombs could ever have been spirited
j.. There. The vigilance of the official, 10 ,e
j.iii had been such that the smallest .,..,le
could not have been sinusgled in. not to
speak of the several bombs So far as the
public is concerned the effect can only b. to
lrrsjudice The mind of the masses against ne
condemned men As 10 what effect it u III
have on the Governor l. of courss cannot
say. II should as a matter Of fat have no
effect, but a man must be mortfthan human
if be is not affected to some degree by such
information. Al all events. il is a cirrum-
stance greatly 10 be regretted, view il in
whatever light you may. One would have
supposed that the interest all around would
have been 80 great that such proceeding as
that by any Of the condemned men would
have been prevented. Any such manifesto
ton of purpose or intention it wonld appear
would have been deplored and prevented by
the prisoners friends. not on the inside but
on the outside They are all smart enough
to know that it can only have the effect of
preiudioing the case of every man The pub
lie views the matter in general way and
cannot discriminate
THE GOVERNOR THREATzSEO-
Il has just transpired tonight thar Gov
0glesby has within the past few days receiy-
ell several communications threatening vio-
lence if he refuses 10 exercise Executive
clemency in behalf of the condemned Anar-
clisis. This news only leaked out tonight
but comes from source that is considered
most reliable. oneofthe anonymous letters, |
dated from Chicago, is said to boldly threat
en- the Governor with death in case he per-
mits the Anarchists 10 be hanged Gov
oslesby has endeavored to keep this news
bNft ifdN tAtt tst> "a ltir a. it
desires to spare them all alarm. The first
OF these threatening episties was received 7
some days ago and was the cause of the Gov
ernor deciding to refuse the press access to
the correspondence and petitions in the An I
archist ease. Ii has been daily remarked BY
the friends of Gov. Ogcshy that ever since
Executive clemency became the last resort Of
the Anarchists, the Governor has worn a
somewhat careworn aud anxious expression I
While he is certainly not a coward. il is now /
thought the receipt Of these threatening {.
communications and the consciousness of /
his terrible responsibility has produced this 4
alteration in the Governors demeanor
ESGEl ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Not the least remarka-
bic phase of the bomb discovery is that it 4
came about from the fact that Anarchist /
George Engel attempted suicide last night by
taking an ounce of laudanum About l22o
O'Clock Emil Roener, who is night death .
watch passed Engers cell and was attracted
by gruans coming from within On stop
ping to inquire the cause he found Engel T
byeathing heavily and lying PROSTATE on his I
back He called him by name but received /
no answer, and On opening the cell deor dis I
covered the man was unconscious and suf- /
fering from the effects Of some stupefying
drug. After repeated attempts To awake the
sleeping man, Zoener became alarmed and
decided 10 cali in Dir. Gray from the insane
ward in the same building Dr. GRAY was
sent for Immediately. On going to Engels }
cell the doctor soon discovered that Enrel
was suffering from poison. His eyes were
dilated and rolled spasmodi,ally. DR. Gray
at once commenced active work on his pa
tent As soon rs Ensel came to his senses
he raved and cursed at being disturbed in
his sleep and asked the reason of his being (
awakened. He protested that he had drank
only little whiskey and was all right His
condition and subsequent events show thar
Engel was deliberately lying, and that IN
the face of death. He was at once forced to
take emeties and kept constantly walking
for an hour, until all danger had passed. /
From that time on the surveillance over him
was not relaxed for an instant
The attempted suicide of Engel is what led
to the search of the cells in the morning.
Besides the explosives among the effects of /
Llngg there was found in Engel's cell the 4
bo,fle from which IA. had hon the lausfa- {